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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 588c0cb8115e..15998b57767c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -613,6 +613,13 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
regs->ccr = 0;
regs->gpr[1] = sp;
+ /*
+ * We have just cleared all the nonvolatile GPRs, so make
+ * FULL_REGS(regs) return true. This is necessary to allow
+ * ptrace to examine the thread immediately after exec.
+ */
+ regs->trap &= ~1UL;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
regs->mq = 0;
regs->nip = start;